A light earthquake magnitude 4.38 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Janesville in California on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth -2.12 km, -120.2251663° West, 40.1278343° North. Event id: nc72670070. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72670070. Global time and date of event 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 04:58:32 / August 4, 2016 @ 4:58 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -2.12 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:58:32 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Truckee (c. 16 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Spanish Springs (c. 15 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Truckee, Sparks, Reno. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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